Over the past decade, Project Alliance has become a widely used delivery model in Finnish infrastructure and building development. The model has been applied particularly in complex projects where multiple organisations, technical uncertainty and stakeholder interfaces require close coordination.
Since 2011, more than 100 Project Alliance and integrated delivery projects (IPD) have been launched in Finland, representing over €11 billion in project value. Vison’s The Alliance Report 2026 examines how the Project Alliance model works in practice and how it has developed in Finland over time.
From pilot projects to an industry-wide model
The Finnish alliance journey began in the late 2000s, when several major public investment projects faced recurring challenges related to fragmented project structures, disputes, and cost uncertainty. Project owners began exploring internationally used collaborative delivery models and adapting alliance principles to the Finnish procurement environment.
The first Finnish Project Alliance projects were launched in 2011. Over time, the model gained wider adoption as organisations accumulated experience and refined the practices used in alliance projects.
Today, Project Alliance is applied across multiple sectors, particularly in complex infrastructure and building projects.
A decade of experience
Finnish experience provides a unique opportunity to examine how collaborative project delivery models develop in practice when they are applied repeatedly across different types of projects.
The Alliance Report 2026 provides an overview of how the Project Alliance operates and how the model has evolved over time.
The report explores how:
- Project Alliances are structured and governed
- early integration shapes project development
- the alliance commercial model aligns incentives across organisations
- collaborative production and information practices support project delivery
- the model continues to evolve into programme and service environments
